Definition of Cobbles

1. Noun. (plural of cobble) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of cobble) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cobbles

1. cobble [v] - See also: cobble

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cobbles

cobbier
cobbiest
cobbing
cobble
cobble together
cobble up
cobbled
cobbler
cobbler's
cobbler's last
cobbler's suture
cobblerfish
cobblerfishes
cobblery
cobbles (current term)
cobblestone
cobblestoned
cobblestones
cobblestoning
cobbling
cobbly
cobbs
cobby
cobelligerent
cobelligerents
cobia
cobias
cobinamide kinase
cobinamide phosphate guanylyltransferase

Literary usage of Cobbles

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Glaciation of the Puget Sound Region by J. Harlen Bretz (1913)
"Where the cobbles are large, the gravel below contains large stones, and where the cobbles are lacking or represented only by large pebbles, the subjacent ..."

2. The life and adventures of Robin Hood by John B. Marsh (1865)
"The Trial and Sentence of the cobbles—Their Rescue by Robin Hood —The Bishop of Hereford's Visit to Dale Abbey—Robin captures the Bishop, and makes him ..."

3. Pennsylvania Glaciation, First Phase: Materials for a Discussion of the by Edward Higginson Williams (1917)
"Brownish-red silt including quartzite cobbles, Bingen, Northampton Co. 15 2. Cutting through bar, West Bethlehem gravels, Northampton Heights 16 3. ..."

4. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International Conference by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"... diorite and flaked dolerite cobbles, some exfoliated granites with desert varnish, disintegrated pink rhyolite porphyry, and rounded sandstone cobbles. ..."

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